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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

LOUIS GODDU, OF WVINCHESTER, ASSIGNOR TO JAMES IV. BROOKS, PRINCIPALTRUSTEE, OF CAMBRIDGE, AND FRANK F. STANLEY, ASSOCIATE TRUSTEE, OFBOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

MACHINE FOR UNITING SOLES TO UPPERS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 403,835, dated May 21,1889.

Application filed July 30,1888. Serial No. 281,387. (No model.)

T at whom it may concern: One feature of my present invention con- Be itknown that I, LOUIS GODDU, of Winsists in the combination, withawire-carrying chester, county of Essex, State of Massachuspindle andfeed-rolls therein and a reciprosetts, have invented an Improvement inMacatin g sleeve having spiral or diagonal flutes, 5 chines for UnitingSoles to Uppers, of which of a spirally or diagonally flutedclutch-sleeve the following description, in connect-ion with and meansactuated thereby to move the said the accompanying drawings, is aspecification, feed-rolls.

I like letters on the drawings representing like In machines heretoforeknown to me using parts. v a screw-threaded wire passing from a spool 10This invention is an improvement upon through a vertical spindle drivenby a belt that class of machines wherein a threaded the entire bearingfor the spindle has been wire is fed through the spindle into the stocklocated below the spool; but herein the wiresupported upon a horn, thefeed of the wire carrying spindle has bearings close to and beingvariable to automatically adapt the maboth above and below the spool,the spindle I 5 chine to the thickness of the stock upon the sosupported running very accurately and horn, the end of the wire beingscrewed into smoothly. the stock substantially to the horn and then Inthe machine herein to be described the cut oif, leaving the fastener ofa suitable driving-pulley ,for the spindle is extended length for thestock. The wire which I predown around the upper bearing for the spin-2o fer to use has two threads, substantially as die, so that the strainof the driving-belt describedin United States Patent No. 370,136, uponthe pulley is borne by a portion of the granted to me on the 20th day ofSeptember spindle within a bearing, or, in other words, 1887, to whichreference may be had, and it the spindle is supported in the line of thewill be noticed that the threads of the wire at strain of the belt uponit. So also, the bear- 25 opposite sides are diametrically in linerather ing end of the spindle is bored to receive the than a thread onone side opposite a space shank of a presser-plate, which producesfricon the other, as is the case with a wire having tion upon it toprevent any excess of rotation asingle thread. of the spool, a springco-operating with the The feed-rolls herein to be described are saidpresser-plate causing the latter to act 30 grooved to embrace the wire,and are also with greatest force upon the wire when the scored toembrace a thread of the wire and spool is full, at which the movement ofthe to enter the spaces between the threads, therespool is apt to be inexcess of that desired, by by enabling the said feed-rolls to positivelyreason of momentum, the friction gradually grasp the wire, not onlydiametrically in the growing less as the wire is unwound from the 3 5line of its threads, but also in the line of its spool, the weight ofthe wire and spool then spaces, or to close between the threads, thusgrowing less and the momentum increasing. effectually preventing anymarring of the The presser-plate also acts to prevent the threads. Themore firmly the wire is grasped passage of the free end of the wirebackward the more reliable the feed. under it in case the wireis broken.The cut- 0 In my improved machine the rotating wireters and theiractuating mechanism are of carrying spindle has combined with itfeedpeculiar construction chiefly, to gain great 0 ing-rolls, which,besides rotating with the strength and simplicity of parts.

r spindle, are rotated about their own axes in- I have combined with thecutter-carriers termittingly by a feeding-sleeve also rotating meanswhereby both cutter-carriers are oper- 5 with the spindle, the saidfeeding-sleeve beated simultaneously in opposite directions to ingprovided with diagonal or spiral flutes insure the simultaneous actionof the cutters which co-operate with diagonal or spiral flutes fromopposite sides of the wire into substanof a clutch-sleeve serving tomove agear which tially the center of the wire, the said cuttersactuates the feed-rolls. being thereafter separated or both moved awayfrom the wire to leave space for the passage below them of the end ofthe wire, as it is to be again inserted into the stock. Theoperating-edges of the cutters herein shown are directly opposite eachother, so as to cut through the wire described in a diametricallystraight line, each cutter having a like bearing upon the wire at itsopposite sides, thus preventing any tendency to bend or twist the wireout of shape. It is a great desideratum that the wire between the throatand the stock be straight and free from bends.

The machine herein to be described has also been provided with peculiarmeans under the control of a lever for suspending the feed of the wire.So, also, the machine contains a novel feed mechanism for feeding thestock over the horn.

Particular features of this invention will be hereinafter described, andspecified in the claims at the end of the specification.

Figure 1 is a right-hand elevation of the upper part of a machine foruniting soles to uppers embodying this invention. Fig. 2 is a like viewof the lower part of the machine represented in Fig. 1, the upper end ofthe horn being, however, broken off to save space on the drawings; Fig.3, an enlarged vertical section taken through the machine in line 00,Fig. 1, the wire between the spool and the throat being omitted to avoidconfusion of the drawings. Fig. 4 is a section of Fig. 5 in the line.00. Fig.- 5 is a broken detail of the lower end of the wire-carryingspindle; Fig. 5 a detail of the pinion Fig. 6, a detail showing one ofthe feed-rolls with the frame or plate constituting its bearings; Fig.7, a detail showing the feeding-sleeve. Fig. 8 is a detail of the upperend of the clutching-sleeve broken out to show the spiral or diagonalflute within it. Fig. 9 is a section in the line 00 Fig. 3; Fig. 10, asection in the line 00 Fig. 10 is a detail of the presser-plate whichacts upon the wire. Fig. 11 is a partial section in the line 00 Fig. 1.Fig. 12 is an enlarged sectional detail taken in the line :0 Fig. 13;Fig. 13, a longitudinal section taken through the feed mechanism andparts to support it; Fig. 14,

a section in the line 00 Fig. 13; Fig. 15, a-

horizontally-longitudinal section of the cutter-carriers with theircutters. Fig. 15 is an elevation and section of one of the cutters; Fig.16, a front elevation of the cutter-carriers and cutters, the rest fbeing omitted; Fig. 17, a sectional detail in the line a, Fig. 19. Fig.18 is a top or plan view of the clutch-sleeve cl; Fig. 19, a partialrear side elevation of the machine shown .in Fig. 1, the balance-wheelbeing omitted; Fig. 20, a front side View of the cam B Fig. 21, a rearside view of the cam D". Fig. 22 shows'the feeding portion of the cam 13laid out as a plane surface. Fig. 23 is a detail of the aim or lever B;Fig. 24, a detail showing the rest f detached. Fig.

25 shows portions of the feed-rolls on an enlarged scale side by side toillustrate the positions of its projections and spaces. Fig. 26

is a section showing the wire between the feedrolls, and Fig. 27 shows apiece of the doublethreaded wire enlarged.

The frame-work, of suitable shape to support the various parts, iscomposed, essentially, of a column, A, base A, and head A The column Asupports a stud, A on which is placed loosely a belt-pulley, A drivenfrom a suitable shaft, and also a belt-pulley, A, the contiguous facesof the said two pulleys being of cone or other usual shape to constitutefriction-pulleys, the hub of the pulley A being beveled to be acted"upon by a beveled slide, A, to force the pulley A against theconstantly-moving pulley A whenever it is desired to run the machine,the said slide being under the control of a treadle, A The pulley A inpractice, is surrounded by abelt, (not shown,) which is extended overtwo like guide-pulleys, A only one being shown, and then about thepulley A fast to the wirecarrying spindle A the connection beingpreferably by a righthand screw-thread, the pulley being retained inplace by a check-nut, A united to the spindle by a left-handscrewthread.

The horn B, of usual shape, is free to be rotated on the horn-shaft B,made vertically movable in suitable bearings in the column A, thehorn-shaft being prolonged by a rod, B screwed into its lower end andjointed to a treadle, B the said rod being surrounded by a spiralspring, B, resting on a washer, B supported by the column A, the upperend of the spring receiving against it an adj ustable nut, B, screweduponthe rod B the spring thus supporting the horn in a yielding manner,the upward movement of the horn being limited by a nut, B screwed to thehornshaft.

The treadle B at its rear end, has jointed to it a rod, B the upper endof which is in turn jointed (see Fig. 19) in an adjustable manner to anarm, 13, of peculiar shape, and shown separately in Fig. 23, whereinitwill be seen, as also in Fig. 19, that the saidarm has a U-shapedprojection, B having a roller or other stud, B which enters a cam-path,B in a cam, B fast on the cam-shaft B. The arm B has its fulcrum on astud, B and the rotation of the cam B through the devices describedraises and lowers the horn automatically twice during each rotation ofthe shaft, the horn being depressed just before the feed is to takeplace, two nails being inserted at each rotation of the cam-shaft. Thestud B also serves as the fulcrum of a lever, 0, (shown partially indotted lines, Fig. 19,) having an adjustable toe, 2,which is acted uponby the lugs 0 0 inserted in the periphery of the cam B outer end, (seeFigs. 1 and 19,) is split to receive a pin or stud, G on which areplaced and retained loosely two connecting-rods, 0 C

The lever O, at its the one 0 having, preferably, an adjustablecutter-carrier the said carrier having se cured to it by a bolt, 0 aclamp, 0 one of the cutters, a, being firmly clamped between the saidcarrier and clamp. One of the cutters to a is shown separately in Fig.15. The said cutter is of arc shape, and may be readily adjusted inposition between the carrier and clamp as worn away by grinding.

The rod 0 is joined by bolt D to an arm, D, clamped to the sleeve-likeshank D of the cutter-carrier D having co-operating with it a clamp, Dconnected thereto by a screw, D the cutter a being clamped between thesaid carrier D and clamp D The sleeve-like shank D serves as a bearingfor the shank C and in turn takes a bearing at D in a rigid part of theframe-work.

The lever C has a depending arm, (see Fig. 19,) which is acted upon by aspring, O flwhich spring normally keeps the said depending arm againstthe stop O, in. practice made adjustable on the head A the cutters a abeing fully open for the passage of the wire when the saidarm is againstthe said stop, adjustment of the stop providing for a greater or lessseparation of the cutters.

Each carrier is cup -shaped, and each is moved at the same time for likedistances, but in opposite directions, so that the said cutters are madeto approach and cut into the wire from opposite sides to its center andthen to separate for the passage of the end of the wire beyond thecutters. The cup-shaped carriers receive within them and they oscillateabout the spherical end a? of the wire-carrying spindle A composed ofseveral parts, the spherical head having an extension, a provided with ashoulder at a above which the extension is provided with a series ofstraight flutes, as at a the upperend of the said extension receivingupon it (see Fig. 3) anut, (1. the latter connecting the extension (0with the main body of the spindle; the said main body having secured toor forming part of it the yoke a carrying the stud a, on which ismounted and turns the spool a which carries the wire. The upper end ofthe spindle A turns in a bearing, D and between the said bearing and thehub-of the pulley A is interposed an antifriction bearing, a, composed,essentially, of two plates and interposed conical rolls.

The spindle within the bearing D is bored to receive a presser-rod, ahaving a presserplate, a", to bear on the wire on the spool by a forcemeasured by a spring, a surrounding the said rod, the latter at itsupper end having a hand-lever, c0 by which to lift and hold it whendesired. The spherical end a of the spindle carries a throat-piece,b,inline with the wire-passage b, and it has (see Fig. 4) a pin, b held ina spring-plate, b (shown detached in Fig. 6,) on which pin is mounted toturn one of the wire-feed rolls b havinga gear, 0 at one end, whichmeshes with alike gear, 0 on the feed-roller I)", held in place by thestud-screw If, both the said feed-rolls having annular scored grooves tofit the threads of the wire, as will be hereinafter described. Thespring-plat-e b has a lip, 3, which (see Fig. 5) enters a notch in thespindle, and is held in place by a set-screw, b, the latter alsoregulating the pressure of the rolls on the wire.

The spindle A takes a second bearing in a rigid part, D of theframe-work, the said rigid part being provided (see Fig. 11) with guidesD which are embraced by cars of a U-shaped yoke, D (see Figs. 3 and 11,)provided with an opening through which is extended loosely thefeeding-sleeve 0, (see Figs. 3 and 7,) the upper end of the said sleevehaving screw-threads, as 4, which screw into a flanged nut, 0', having,as shown, a beveled under face which bears upon a series of conicalanti-friction rollers, 0 the said rollers resting upon a portion of thesaid yoke near the feeding-sleeve c. This yoke at its rear side isprovided with rack-teeth, as best shown in Fig. 1, which teeth areengaged by sectorteeth, as 5, at the end of a double-armed lever, D,loosely mounted on a stud, D the said lever having a roller orotherstud, as D, which is acted upon twice during each rotation of thecam-shaft B by a cam, D", secured to the said shaft, the said camthrough the said lever lifting the said yoke and with it the saidsleeve.

To enable the extension a to be more firmly secured to the spindle Athan it could be by the nut a alone, I have provided the said extensionwith the straight flutes a (see Fig. 5,) thus forming a series ofprojections which enter grooves of corresponding shape cut in a chamberat the lower end of the wire-spindle A the said projections and groovesbe ing shown as engaged in Fig. 9, that figure being a section of Fig. 3in the line 00 .A friction-washer, 0 is interposed between the shouldera of the extension a and the end of the spindle A The spherical headaireceivc s'in it a stud-screw, 0 which serves to hold loosely a beveledpinion, 0 having a sleeve-like shank, 0, (shown separately in Fig. 5",)which is also toothed, the teeth of the sleeve portion 0 (see Fig. 3)engaging the teeth 0 of the feed-roller 5 before described. Thestud-screw c has a hole, 25, (see Fig. 3,) in line with the wire-passagein the spindle, and the wire passes through the said hole t on its wayto the feed-rolls.

To revolve the beveled pinion c, the machine has a crown-gear, d, (seeFigs. 1 and 3,) forming part of a sleeve, cl, surrounding the extensiona" loosely, the latter acting as a guide for the said crown-gear, theteeth of the crowngear which are not in engagement with the said beveledpinion nearly touching the race (1 (see Fig. 5,) the wear of the saidteeth upon the said race being obviated by or through conicalanti-friction rollers (1 interposed between the beveled shoulders d (seeFig. 5) and a reversely-beveled shoulder at the interior and at thelower end of the sleeve d, as best shown in Fig. 3. Fig. 10 shows ITOone of these series of anti-friction rollers, the section of Fig. 10being in the line 03 Fig. 3, through the rollers referred to.

The upper portion of the crown-gear referred to has a series ofratchet-teeth, d, (see Figs. 1 and 18,) which are adapted to be engagedby a like series of ratchet-teeth at the flanged lower end of the sleeve6, the latter sleeve surrounding the tubular shank d of. the crown-gear.

The feeding-sleeve c referred to has. a collar, 6, which bears againstone washer on plate of an anti-friction box, E, containing a series ofconical rollers and interposed be-j tween the said collar 6 and thelower end of the yoke D Below the collar 6 the, sleeve 0' is providedwith a series of diagonal flutes, e, and :internally the said sleeve 0is grooved; longitudinally to leave teeth and spaces to engagecorresponding spaces and teeth out; longitudinally in the periphery ofthe spindle A 9, as shown by dotted lines in Fig. 3 and by. full lines,Fig. 1, from the lower end of the bearing D down tothe lower end of thesaid: spindle.

The upper end of the sleeve 6, surrounding the lower end of the sleeve0, is fluted or; grooved internally to correspond with the externalflutes or grooves, e, of the sleeve 0, so that the said flutes orgrooves in engagement; when a reciprocating movement is given to thesleeve 0 will oscillate the sleeve 6 more or less about the sleeve 01and extension a and causethe'flanged part of the said sleeve 6 to, byits ratchet-teeth, engage the ratchet-teeth of and move the crown-gear da greater or less distance, that depending upon the length of thereciprocation of the sleeve 0. In this way intermitting movement in onedirection is given to the crown-gear d to enable it, through the gears 0to rotate the feed wheels drrollers b b to feed the wire and thrust itinto the stock at the proper time for the proper distance. As thelongitudinally-fluted external portion of the spindle A engages:corresponding flutes at the interior of the feedingsleeve 0, it followsthat the said sleeve 0 rotates in unison with the. spindle A driven bythe belt on the pulley A and the sleeve 6, which. forms a coacting partof the feed-sleeve 0, also rotates-in unison With the spindle A but itwill be noticed that the crown-gear d does not rotate independently ofthe said spindle and of the extension (1 except as the sleeve 0 israised and lowered within or with relation to the sleeve e, andconsequently only when it 'is desired to rotate the feed-rolls abouttheir supports b If, the said rolls always, however, traveling with andat the same speed as the spindle A When the sleeve 0 is lifted, it,through its diagonal flutes in engagementwith the diagonal flutes of thesleeve e, would lift the latter right along with it; so the sleeve 6 hasbeen provided internally with a small space about and with a shoulderjust below the washer a", so that the latter, as soon as the sleeve ehas been lifted sufficiently to lug 10 and lever B.

grees; but it is not desired to limit this invention to any particularpitch of the spiral or diagonal flutes,'as that will depend upon themaximum length of the wire to be fed for a fastening and upon the extentof stroke it is convenient to give to the lever B.

The frame-Work as herein shown is bulged or raised to form a chamber inwhich the yoke a may revolve, the said chamber having a door, F, bywhich to cover its open face, the said door being hinged at F and havinga suitable fastening atF To enable the wire employed (it being takenfrom the spool 00 to be fed through'thespindle for varying distances,according to the thickness of the stock or leather resting upon the topof the horn and between the horn and the usual rest or plate, j, whichbears upon the upper side of the material, the extent of the movement ofthe feed-rolls about their axes must be automatically varied inaccordauce with the thickness of the stock. To do this the shank of thehorn has fixed to it an arm or projection, G, to which is secured a rod,G, the upper end of which enters a guide, G the upper end of the saidrod serving as a variable stop for the measuring-leg Giwhich is attachedby a pin, G (see Fig. 1,) to one end of the lever D. The lever D has(see Fig. 1) a lug, 10, upon which bears the lower end of a rod, 12,having a shoulder, 13, upon which rests a strong spiral spring, 14,theupper end of the said spring'being shown as entering a hole in achamberedlug, 15, fastened to the head A the said chambered lugreceiving an adjusting-nut, 16, which may be turned on the rod 12 tobear with more or less force upon the upper end of the said spring, andthus exert more or less pressure upon the The nut 16 is held inadjustable position by a set-nut, 17. The strength of the spring 14 issuflicient to turn the lever D and lift the yoke D and feeding-sleeve c.If the spring 14 is permitted to turn the lever D farenough to permitthe stud D carried by it to fully enter the cam portions of the cam'D",then the said cam will produce the maximum stroke of the lever B, andthe feed-rolls will feed the wire a distance equal to the longestfastening to be inserted; but when the material on the horn is less thanthe maximum thickness then the horn, elevated by the spring B carries upwith it the rod G and serves as a stop for the leg G attached to thelever D and as a result I tended through a cap-plate, 16.

shortened, so that the cam portion of the cam D is not permitted to actfor its full throw upon the roll D The column A has erected upon it astudscrew, H, upon which is placed a hub, H, of a knee-lever, H havingat its inner end sector-teeth 20, which engage like sector-teeth upon ablock, 21, secured to the lower end of a rock-shaft, 22, having bearingsat 23 24. This rock-shaft has clamped to it a block, 25, notched at itsinner end to leave lugs 26, which, as the rock-shaft 22 is turned by theknee-lever, may be made to act upon a toe, 26, (see Fig. 17,) of a stop,27, pivoted at 28, and turn the said stop about the said pivot when itis desired to throw out of operation or to continue in operation thefeed mechanism for the wire.

The measuring-rod G has clamped upon it a foot, 40, shown as a blockhaving a clownward extension, which, when the stop 27 is in oneposition, is free to enter the large hole in the said stop; but when thesaid stop is turned to one side, as described, by the knee-lever thesaid-extension meets the top of the stop, and so long as the said stopremains in such position the lever D will not be moved to feed the Wire.The cam-shaft B derives its motion through a worm, 71, upon the spindleA, the said worm engaging a worm-gear, b fast on the said cam-shaft.

The feed of the shoe is effected bya toothed wheel, m, (see Fig. 13,)the edge of which works against the edge of the sole. This wheel hasbeveled teeth at its under side, as at m, which are engaged by beveledteeth, as m at the end of a shaft, m extended through a loose box, m thesaid shaft having a loose washer, as mi, at the rear end of the saidbox, and having screw-threads, as shown at Fig. 13, upon which isscrewed a ratchetrwheel, m having two teeth, which are engaged one afterthe other by a pawl, m of apawl-carrier, m secured to or forming part ofa pinion, m", loose on the rear end of the said shaft m and engaged bysector-teeth 30 (see Fi 1) at the lower end of a lever, m provided atits upper end with a roller or other stud, as m (see dotted lines, Fig.19,) which roller enters a cam-path, 31, at the rear side of the camhubD". A leather or other friction washer, as m, is interposed between thesaid washer m (see Fig. 13) and the said box, the said leather washeracting by its friction, measured by the spring m to prevent anyaccidental movement of the ratchet m, especially when the pawl istraveling through its backward movement. The box on has a hollow hub,44, on which the feed-wheel turns, the said hub being threaded toreceive a screw, 15, ex-

The box m is held in a split bearing, m held together by a clamp-screw,772 the said box being adjustable longitudinally, so as to place thewheel 'm in proper relation to the top of the horn, according to thedistance it is desired to insert the fastenings from the edge of thesole.

Owing to the flutes upon the lower end of the feeding-sleeve being indiagonal or spiral position, it results that the friction between thesaid feeding-sleeve and the sleeve e, as the said feedingsleeve ispushed down, is sufficient to firmly place the teeth of the clutchsleeveinto contact with the teeth of the clutchgear employed to impart motionto the feedrolls, thus preventing any liability of the clutch-surfacesbeing disengaged except ust as the clutch-sleeve is lifted, as before described.

In the invention herein described it will be noticed (see Figs. 25 and26, where the feedrolls are shown enlarged) that the projections '21,which enter between the threads to of the wire it to be inserted, a.short piece of which is shown separately in Fig. 27, are exactlyopposite each other, and that the spaces in the said feed-rolls betweenthe" said projections r are exactly in line, thus enabling the saidspaces to receive the threads of the wire, which threads, as describedin United States Patent No. 370,136, are directly or diametricallyopposite each other at opposite sides of the wire. In this way thefeed-rolls are permitted to have such a firm, secure, and close grip onthe wire as to preclude the possibility of the wire slipping or ofbuckling or bending.

The two bearings I) D for the wire-carrying spindle are connected by acap-shaped or bonnet-like portion, D and forming part of the rigidframe-work, to which is hinged at F the cover F, the bonnet and covercompletely concealing the reel and spindle, thus preventing the creationof a current of air to annoy the operatorwhen the spindle is run atspeed; and, further, the motion of reel and spindle, being concealed,does not affect the eye of the operator.

I have herein shown and described certain parts as fluted diagonally andspirally; but I do not desire to limit my invention to any particularform of such flutes.

In the manufacture of the wire-carrying spindle herein described and theparts carried by it during its rotation care has been taken to soproportion the weight of the parts that the spindle is balanced as it isturned, and as a result thereof the spindle may be rotated at a fasterspeed with less jar than would be possible if the said spindle was notso balanced.

I claim- 1. In a machine for uniting soles and uppers, a wire-carryingspindle and feed-rolls having gears c c and a gear, 0 combined with thebeveled gear havin g a sleeve-like portion, 0, and with a gear to engageand rotate the said beveled gear, substantially as described.

2. The wire-carrying spindle, its geared feed-rolls, and a gear, (I,having a clutch, and gearing between the said gear and the feedrolls,combined with a clutch-sleeve having spiral or diagonal flutes and witha recipro eating feeding-sleeve having spiral or diagonal flutes toactuate the said clutch-sleeve, substantially as described. 3. Thewire-carrying spindle, its geared; feed-rolls, and the screw-stud havingan opening coinciding with the wire-passage, combined with the gear cland intermediate bevel-l gear rotated thereby and in engagement with oneof the feed-rolls, to operate substantially as described.

, 4. The wire-carrying spindle, geared feedrolls, a gear, as d, having aclutch portion, and means intermediate the said gear and the feed-rolls,and a clutching sleeve hav ing spiral or diagonal flutes, and afeedingsleeve having co-operating spiral or diagonal flutes, combinedwith a stop for the clutching-sleeve in its longitudinal movement,

whereby the clutch-faces of the clutchingsleeve and the gear (Z may beseparated and the clutching-sleeve be thereafter rotated for the properdistance, substantially as de scribed.

5. In a machine for uniting soles and uppers, a horn or support for thework, a continuously-rotating fluted spindle provided with feed-rolls,and a reciprocating feeding-sleeve fluted to engage flutes of thespindle and to be rotated in unison therewith, the said feeding beingfurther fluted spirally or diagonally, combined with a clutching-sleevehaving spiral or diagonal flutes and rotating at the speed of thespindle in one direction, and with gearing intermediate the saidclutchingsleeve and the feed-rolls, the reciprocations of thefeeding-sleeve longitudinally during its rotation with the spindlecausing the clutching-sleeve to vibrate or oscillate about the spindleas it travels with the latter to feed the wire intermittingly,substantially as set forth.

6. The rotating wire-carrying spindle and the wire-carrying spoollocated between its ends, combined with bearings for the said spindleboth above and below the spool, and With feed-rolls having gears meshedone with the other, and with means carried by and rotating with thespindle to rotate the said feed-rolls intermittingly, substantially asdescribed;

7. The wire-carrying spindle, the wire-carrying spool between its ends,and bearings for the spindle above and below the spool, combined withthe chambered pulley A", embracing the upper bearing, substantially asdescribed.

8. The wire-carrying spindle and the spool between the ends of thespindle, combined with a spring-actuated presser-plate to bear upon thewire, substantially as described.

9. The wire-carrying spindle and its spool and presser-plate having ashanlgu combine (1 with means to retain the presser-plate lifted fromthe spool, substantially as described.

10. The Wire-carrying spindle, the feedingsleeve, and the yoke tosupport the said sleeve, combined with a lever reciprocating the saidyoke and with a cam to actuate the said lever, substantially asdescribed.

11. The Wire-carrying spindle, the feedingsleeve, and the yoke tosupport the said sleeve, combined with a lever reciprocating the saidyoke, and with a cam to actuate the said lever, and with an upwardlypressed horn, a measuring-leg connected with the said lever, andintermediate connections between the said leg and horn, substantially asdescribed.

12. The wire-carrying spindle, the feedingsleeve, and the yoke tosupport the said sleeve, combined with a lever reciprocating the saidyoke, and with a cam to actuate the said lever, and with the rod 12,spring l i, and adjusting nut 16, to operate substantially as described.

The Wire-carrying spindle and a throat, I), combined with thecutter-carriers and the adjustable arc-shaped cutters having theircutting-edges in line with each other, to operate substantially asdescribed.

14. The wire-carrying spindle having the spherical end a feed-rollstherein, means to rotate the feed-rolls, and the throat 17, combinedwith the cutter-carriers concaved at their upper sides to permit therotation of the spherical head of the spindle and with the cutters andclamps to hold them, substantially as described.

15. The cutter-carrier D having a tubular shank, and the cutter-carrierC having its shank C extended through the said tubular shank, combinedwith a lever, means to actuate it, and connecting mechanism between thesaid lever and the shanks of the said outter-carriers to actuate themsimultaneously in opposite directions, substantially as described.

16. The cutter-carrier D, having a tubular shank, and the cutter-carrier0 having its shank 0 extended through the said tubular shank, combinedwith a lever, means to actuate it, and connecting mechanism between thesaid lever and the shanks of the said cutter-carriers to actuate themsimultaneously in opposite directions, and with a stop and means to 1retain the said lever normally against the said stop, substantially asdescribed.

17. The horn, the lever 13*, with which it is connected, and the rod Bcombined with the two-armed lever B B having a roller or other stud, andwith a cam, B to automatically depress the horn at the proper time, sub-19. The feed-wheel having beveled teeth,

the box by which the wheel is supported, and the shaft m having beveledteeth to engage the said wheel, combined with a ratchet-wheel and with apawl and means to operate the pawl to rotate the shaft, substantially asdescribed.

20. The feed-wheel having teeth at its periphery and teeth on at itsunder side, a shaft, m to actuate the said feed-wheel, the ratchet ofthe said shaft, and the pawl and pawl-carrier, the box m andfrictionwasher m interposed between the ratchet-wheel and box, combinedwith means to act upon the said shaft and press it into the said box,the friction-washer preventing any accidental slipping of theratchet-wheel on the shaft, substantially as described.

21. The wire-carrying spindle having the spherical end a feed-rollscarried by the said spindles to rotate the said feed-rolls, and athroat, I), combined with cutter-carriers concave at their upper sidesto permit the rotation of the spherical end of the spindle and withmeans, substantially as described, to oscillate the saidcutter-carriers.

22. The wire-carryin g spindle, its feed-rolls,

means to rotate them, and the throat I), comsole notwithstandingdifferent distances at which the fastenings may be set back from theedge of the sole, substantially as described.

24. In a machine for uniting soles to uppers, a spindle to carry thewire, a spool-supporting yoke, and a spool having its center of rotationin line with the wire-passage through the said spindle, combined withthe two bearings D D and the cup-like rigid portion D connecting thesaid bearings, and the door E,

to form a cover for the said cup D substantially as described.

25. In a machine for uniting soles and uppers, a rotating wire-carryingspindle and a reel for the double threaded Wire rotating with thespindle, combined with feed-rolls for the wire and means to rotate them,the said feed-rolls having a series of projections, as U, which on theopposite feed-rolls are exactly in line, and with spaces also exactly inline, whereby the said projections and spaces are adapted to enter theexactly-opposite grooves and embrace the exactly-opposite threads 10 ofthe said double-threaded wire, substantially as described.

26. In a machine for uniting soles to uppers, the wire-carrying spindlehaving the enlarged lower end, combined with feed-rolls geared togetherand driven by a gear located wholly within the said enlarged lower end,substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

IJOUIS GODDU.

